Real Estate Sector
The Government is now trying to fast-track a decision on easing rules for foreign investments in the construction development sector. This decision was taken after liberalising foreign direct investment (FDI) norms in the defence sector and the Railways. This has received a good response from many countries and countries like Singapore, Japan and Russia have already [...] Continue Reading »
The realty industry appears to be on the verge of recovery, with the bounce back in economic growth leading to an increase in real estate-related enquiries with realty developers. Reporting that realty enquiries have witnessed a surge of late, realty developers have also asserted that many of the enquiries have also resulted in property purchases. [...] Continue Reading »
Prestige Estates Projects Ltd now is the second largest real estate developer by market capitalization after DLF Ltd and they have great expansion plans. They are considering expanding beyond southern India. Post the budget which was unveiled by the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, the real estate sector is showing a lot of activities. There is a [...] Continue Reading »
Away from the glass and steel spires of Gurgaon, a vast, dusty and virtually barren tract of land is at the centre of a row that threatens to derail not only the flourishing real estate sector, but also seal the fate of thousands of residential flats. The Supreme Court has ordered the Haryana government and [...] Continue Reading »
The real estate sector which was reeling under the pressure of cash crunch in the last few years has come up with many financial instruments to raise funds. The real estate firms that, otherwise, might not have attracted a strong rating, have managed to pick up around Rs 1,240 crore at a lower cost. This [...] Continue Reading »
Unitech, Oberoi Realty, BPTP Ltd, Gaursons India, K Raheja Corp, Amrapali Group, Supertech Ltd, Tata Housing Development Company, Ansal Properties & Infrastructure, Purvankara Projects, Prestige Estates Projects, Avalon Group, Aparna Construction and Estate, Amit Enterprises Housing, Omaxe, Parsvnath Developers, PS Groups Salarpuria Group, Purohit Construction and Ambuja Neotia Group have come under the radar of [...] Continue Reading »
The lack of rainfall has affected the farmers very badly; however the good news is that the realty sector in the country does not seem to be affected by the possibility of deficient rainfall this monsoon. India Inc. is hoping that the job market will kick off and an improved gross domestic product (GDP) will help the [...] Continue Reading »
The data shows that the monsoon does not dampen the sentiments in the real estate segment. The economic climate, not monsoon, is what determines the fortunes of the players in the real estate sector. For instance, in 2009-10, the most recent low rainfall year, Mahindra Lifespace Developers saw its revenue nearly double and profit jump over [...] Continue Reading »
On Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) clarified the issues regarding ‘affordable housing’; with the apparent objective of giving the affordable housing segment a notable boost. According to the RBI’s clarifications, ‘affordable housing’ loans will comprise home loans which will be given by banks from the proceeds of long-term bonds of a maturity period [...] Continue Reading »
The Modi government has been working on measures to make affordable housing available for all. To boost this move, there is one thing which can be done. The real estate developer gets a bank loan based on the credit rating of his residential project and if his credit rating is good, then the bank will [...] Continue Reading »
